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We compare
the different houses from the matchbox houses to the elephant
houses as well as the informal settlements.
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We make a
short stop at the old mine compounds.
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We visit the
Regina Mundi Catholic church. The church was mainly used for
political meetings and gatherings during the apartheid era.
Funeral services of many political victims were held here, hence
its importance in the community.
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We take a
tour of the Baragwanath taxi ranks and markets.
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We
experience urban life in a black township. Some of the things
you may see include: colourful markets, ladies carrying goods on
their head, the local barber shop, “spaza” , donkey carts
carrying coal, local home made beer brewing, traditional
restaurants, traditional medicine and traditional healers, taxi
commuters using sign language to communicate with the taxi
drivers.
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You will get
a chance to meet the people of Soweto.
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We will
stop at Motswaledi or Kliptown informal settlements.
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We make a
brief stop at Nelson Mandela’s old residence for tour.
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We visit the
Hector Pietersen Museum to see the struggle of the young black
South Africans in the struggle in particular the 1976 upraising.
